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Zaman University was officially opened by Their Excellencies Dr. Sok An and Mr. Bülent Arınç Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey on Monday, February 21, 2011.“Our purpose is to serve the youth of this Country,” said Mr. Arınç, who spoke on Sunday at a dinner held at the Nagaworld Hotel in Phnom Penh to celebrate the opening of the university.

Inauguration Dinner of Zaman University was held at Naga World Hotel on 20th of February with participation of Honorable Guests, Their Excellencies Dr. Sok An and Mr. Bülent Arınç-Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey. The banqueting hall was filled with more than 700 guests, including high-ranking officials, businessmen and journalists from Turkey, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and other countries of South-East Asia.

Mr. Hiroyuki Sakurai from Aikido World Headquarters of Aikikai Foundation at Tokyo in Japan, Instructor and Chief of “Aikido Tankyu” section visited Zaman University Aikido Club Dojo on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Mr. Murat Tutumlu, Director of Office of Information Systems of Zaman University welcomed the visitors as facilitator of Zaman University Aikido Club. Zaman University Aikido Club currently has members of 10 university students and 2 university staff and has been operating since October 2010 with two sessions per week.

All the Zaman University students and staff gathered in the conference hall on 20th January for the Prize-Giving ceremony. Zaman University organised 2 competitions since end of last year. One was the Zaman University Science And Engineering Fair (ZUNSEF) Logo Design competition while the other was Scrabble Championships 2011. Our Rector Dr Erkan Polatdemir gave a speech to encourage more activities in our school in the form of competitions and contests in future.

The finalists were punctual for their last shot at the championship. All were excited to have a go at the game and they also brought along their supporters. After one hour of knock-out round, only three were left to proceed to the next round. They were Kolneath Pen, Rattanak Prom and Naroth Yee. They pit against one another in their vocabulary and quick wittedness and the heat was definitely on! I could see beads of perspiration rolling down their cheeks and their faces turning red under the heat of the competition.

Our first Zaman University Scrabble competition was organised on 12th January 2011. Scrabble was a game foreign to many of our students but because of the clear advantages of it pulling up our students’ English level, the university has decided to introduce it in October last year.
Playing Scrabble is an alternative way of making the task of learning English fun and interesting and as an adjunct to the English classes our students receive at Zaman University. The heat was definitely on! Our players went through a grueling knock-out round and eventually 6 finalists emerged from the competition after a 2 hour session. They are Naroth Yee, Meta Soy, David Muth, Roath Pitou Visal, Rattanak Prom and Kolneath Pen.

Dr. Chan Roath, Director of Scientific Research at Higher Education, has visited our university on 23rd December together with his colleagues. He discussed a number of issues together with the Rector and Director for Public Relations and Director for Human Resources and Finance. He and the delegation then went around the campus to witness the facilities the Zaman University Board provided for the Cambodian youth before concluding their honorable visit.

Dr. Pak Thavin, Director General of Higher Education, has visited our university on 20th December. After meeting the Rector, he went around the campus and had fruitful discussions with students and instructors.

He commended the Zaman University Board's sincere efforts in providing state-of-the-art facilities for university students in Cambodia.

I am deeply saddened with the recent news of the stampede occurred on the last day of the Water Festival in Cambodia.

I would like to express my sincere condolences for this tragic disaster to the people of Cambodia and my respects to those who died in this stampede. I wish a fast recovery for those who were injured in this unfortunate incident.